Balendonck, Armand Edouard (Edward) 9.aug.1893-27.jun.1956 Belgium, Liege - USA NY, New York
violinist, conductor, studied at the Royal Conservatory in Brussel, with Caesar Thompson, Vincent d'Indy and Eugene Ysaye, 1903-1905 theory with L Beauvais, 1906-1909 composition with B Lagye, violinist in Brussel, 20.oct.1912 emigrated to the USA, 1912 violinist with the New Orleans Opera Company, 1917 working for Ernest Boehringer Co. at the Triangle Theatre in New Orleans, 8.jan.1919 naturalized American, 1920-1923 head Opera Department at the Cincinnati College of Music, 1929-1933 conductor of the Newark Symphony Orchestra and Newark Sinfonietta New Jersey, 1934 residing at Hotel McAlpin New York City, 1940-1942 founder/conductor of Tri-City (Troy, Albany, Schenectady) Symphony Orchestra and Schenectady Philharmonic, 1942-1952 maintained a private studio in New York City ; son of Hubert Balendonck and Juliette Pierre ; 1913 he married Shirley Anderson (Louisiana 14.jun.1893-10.feb.1982 Dallas) divorced c1920 ; children William Armand (31.jan.1914-) and Rodney Fernand (6.may.1916-20.jul.1987 Dallas) ; sep.1928 he married Marie Rose Givens